Steelers criticize Browns Coach Freddie Kitchens for wearing 'Pittsburgh started it' shirt
According to a shirt worn earlier in the week by Browns Coach Freddie Kitchens, “Pittsburgh started it.” After all but ending Cleveland’s playoff hopes Sunday, Steelers players criticized the opposing coach for providing extra motivation and putting his players “in harm’s way.”
“I thought it was pretty stupid,” Pittsburgh offensive lineman David DeCastro said of the shirt after his team’s 20-13 win over the Browns. “That’s a lot of bulletin board material. I don’t know why you do that as a coach. I just don’t get that.
“Of course it’s going to motivate us,” DeCastro continued, via cleveland.com. “What are you thinking? It’s just not smart.”
The message on the shirt was a reference to a brawl that broke out between the Browns and Steelers at the end of their previous game, a Cleveland win on Nov. 14 that was marred by its star defensive player, Myles Garrett, hitting Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on the head with the latter’s helmet. Garrett, who was suspended indefinitely, contended that Rudolph used a racial slur, an accusation the quarterback denied.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/12/02/steelers-criticize-browns-coach-freddie-kitchens-pittsburgh-started-it-shirt/
"It’s just not smart.”
Kitchens just handed Browns GM John Dorsey and owner Jimmy Haslam another reason -- perhaps the best reason -- for firing his ass. Question is, will they do the right thing?
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Pittsburgh Steelers fans asked for it, so Dan Rugh delivered.
He whipped up a T-shirt design boasting: “Pittsburgh finished it,” and put it up for sale after the Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
“Who am I to keep them from having the shirt that they wanted?” said Rugh, co-owner of Commonwealth Press, which has a warehouse in Beltzhoover.
The shirt came in response to Cleveland-based GV Art + Design company’s tee that proclaimed “Pittsburgh started it,” referring to the fight between the Steelers and Browns during their Nov. 14 game.
https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/fans-bonkers-for-pittsburgh-finished-it-shirts/